Transfleet Limited Laser cutting Technology

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Laser Cutting Technology

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Product Catalogue

The Magazine for Laser Cutting

Materials

Material Science & Specification

Cutting Technology

Introduction to Technology

Products

Finishing & polishing

Super Guide

Steel Plate Products A Must-Read Magazine

Issue: Vol 01 May 2016



At a glance

3 News

A selection of the latest happenings

from the world of Bystronic

4 Materials

A Brief summary of the various

materials that Bystronic laser utilizes

5 Cutting Technology

An Introduction to the Laser

Cutting technology ~ Bystronic

Bystar 4025-120 L

6 Product Catalogue

A list of products; Bystronic

machine Capabilities.

Contact us

3rd Floor of the Prudential Building

Wabera Street, Nairobi City

P.O.Box 47011-00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Embakasi Complex

Off the Old Airport North Road, Embakasi

P.O.Box 47011-00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 0713934129/0722864262

/0724300299

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.mugoyagroup.com

EDISON DERRICK MUGOYA

BEng Civil and Structural Engineering (Hons)

Bystronic Laser Cutting Designer and Operator at

Transfleet Limited, Nairobi Kenya

University of Bradford, Bradford West Yorkshire, United

Kingdom

Flat 11 Ivebridge House, 59 Market Street, Bradford, BD1

1NE

Mobile: 07909 750642, (+254) 0713 934129 Email:

[email protected]

Dear Readers A 1.0-millimeter metal sheet is hardly thicker

than a standard sheet of paper, and yet there are

Bystronic customers who can actually cut such sheets.

Doing so entails a number of problems: The cutting gas,

which exerts a pressure of 10 bars on the sheet metal,

bends the sheet. And when cutting fine contours, the

laser beam heats up the sheet metal to such an extent

that the material between cuts that are close together

simply melts. It looks as if it would be impossible to cut

a 1.0-millimeter metal sheet using a laser.

Bystronic has won the German Innovation

Award for Steel Design 2015 for the new design of the

Xpert model range. “With their clear structures, the

press brakes represent a particularly successful example

of the excellent design of investment goods,” was how

the award panel explained its decision. The Steel

Innovation Prize is awarded by the German Steel

Federation, the economic policy association of the steel

industry in Germany. Bystronic developed the design of

the Bystar 4020 L, The objective was to implement an

innovative form language that enables efficient

operation of the press brakes, factors in possible

upgrades, and embodies Bystronic’s corporate design.


Bystronic presents its

apprenticeship trades

“Apprenticeships with a future”: This

was the motto under which Bystronic

Laser AG presented its apprenticeship

trades at a trade exhibition in the

municipality of Herzogenbuchsee,

Switzerland, in April.

A special highlight of the exhibition was

an automation line that the apprentices

from Bystronic and Althaus, Bystronic’s

apprenticeship training partner, had

designed and then installed at the

exhibition booth. “Our exhibition booth

showed technology in motion.

This attracted many inquisitive visitors,”

says Roland Wyler, Head of

Apprenticeship Training at Bystronic

Laser AG. When searching for

information about apprenticeship

trades, one often finds phrases such as:

An automation technician develops

electric control systems. Or: A

production mechanic manufactures

components for machines. With the

automation line, Bystronic demonstrated

first-hand what these phrases actually

mean in practice. All the apprenticeship

trades at Bystronic and Althaus were

involved in the project: from commercial

apprentices, IT specialists, and plant

engineers to polymechanics and

automation technicians.

Figure 1 Bystronic 6000W Laser

Here at Mugoya we have recently

opened our services for laser cutting

technology to customers within our

region. We are based at Embakasi

Complex where we are amongst the

best providers of steel plate fabrication

in Kenya currently. Mugoya has truly set

the mark being on the frontier of

innovative technology and now show

casing its latest Bystronic laser cutting

technology Mugoya is set out to create

the difference.

We offer a variety of different cutting

technology based on the material. Steel

and Aluminum are the most commonly

used material types. We accommodate

varies design schemes depending on

our customers Preferences. Please read

onto chapter 6 where we provide a brief

catalogue of some of the products that

our technology is capable of producing

Thank you for choosing Mugoya

products and services.


Materials

Material properties

The cutting result on the work piece can

be a perfectly clean cut or a ragged and

burred cut edge. The following are

regarded as the principal influence factors

on the cut quality:

� Alloy elements

� Microstructure

� Sheet surface finish

� Surface treatment

� Beam reflection

� Thermal conductivity

� Melting point

Material Specification

Steel must be either cold rolled or

descaled and oiled. Our recommended

material quality is as follows:

Steel 0.5-10mm Rukki 250 C/ S235JR

Stainless Steel 0.5-25mm X5CrNi18-10/

1.4301

Mild Steel 1-25mm DD11/DC01/S355JR

GMS Galvanized Mild Steel

DC01/S235JR

Aluminum 0.5-25mm AW5754/ Almg3

Copper 0.5-6mm CZ108/C160

Brass 0.5-25mm

Figure 2 Material Parts loaded by ByLoader 4025 bionic arm 120


Cutting Technology

Laser cutting is a technology that uses

a laser to cut materials, and is typically

used for industrial manufacturing

applications, but is also starting to be

used by small businesses, and hobbyists.

Laser cutting works by directing the

output of a high-power laser most

commonly through optics. The laser

optics and CNC (computer numerical

control) are used to direct the material

or the laser beam generated. A typical

commercial laser for cutting materials

would involve a motion control system

to follow a CNC or G-code of the

pattern to be cut onto the material. The

focused laser beam is directed at the

material, which then either melts, burns,

vaporizes away, or is blown away by a jet

of gas, leaving an edge with a high-

quality surface finish. Industrial laser

cutters are used to cut flat-sheet

material as well as structural and piping

materials.

Vaporization cutting

In vaporization cutting the focused

beam heats the surface of the material

to boiling point and generates a

keyhole. The keyhole leads to a sudden

increase in absorptivity quickly

deepening the hole. As the hole

deepens and the material boils, vapor

generated erodes the molten walls

blowing ejecta out and further enlarging

the hole. Non melting material such as

wood, carbon and thermoset plastics are

usually cut by this method.


Figure 3 Operator Prepares Cutting Parameters

Figure 4 Assessments of Finished Products


Product Catalogue

Steel Plaque Plates

Steel Plaques are great for House

Addresses and Office Suites. They are

modern, stylish and aesthetically

pleasing to any eye.

Gates and Balcony fencing

Gates

Balcony

Your imagination is that; that limits the

capabilities of our laser cutting machine

the example above are a few to get you

started!

Also Available; Gears, Fences, Car body

parts, Mechanical parts i.e spanners,

Rafters, Purlins cleats, Bracing members,

ant sagrodes the list goes on.


We are not limited to luxury products as

seen above but incorporate industrial

Products for Bracing Frame works, Purlin

connection, Column and Beam member

joints e.t.c.

We demonstrate a flexible work

environment; our customers show signs

of high satisfaction in our products. Our

Laser cut finish can be grinded and

polished to a superb finish that is safe to

handle.

Figure 5 Bracing Members for E.P.Z Godown Project

Figure 8 ant Sagrods for Supporting Purlin Cleats Figure 3 Column Plates & Washers

Figure 4 Skeleton cut remains reused as window frames reducing waste materials

Figure 9 Example of the precision cuts ranges from 0.1-0.5mm holes intervals




P.O.Box 47011-00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Embakasi Complex


Tel: (+254) 0724300299/0722864262/0705491955





P.O.Box 47011-00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Embakasi Complex


P.O.Box 47011-00100

Nairobi, Kenya

Tel: (+254) 0713934129/0722864262/0724300299



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